Crowd Watch 2013 - Part Deux

[Teddyboy]

Auckland - 9,257

Kiwi bandwagon wankers.
Dave Smith is a jinx on RL and it looks like we are going backwards not forwards like the dark days of 1981-1988/1996-2002:x

 

[Misanthrope]

9,132 the official attendance at Mudgee. Nearly the same as the number of residents in Mudgee (9,830 according to the 2011 census).

Bloody good effort in one of my many former home-towns. I love the idea of these regional games and I'm glad they managed to draw a good crowd. Sure, it's not the kind of crowd a side in good form could draw at home - but I think it's worth the hit to promote the game in the country.

 

[CC_Roosters]

Kiwi bandwagon wankers.
Dave Smith is a jinx on RL and it looks like we are going backwards not forwards like the dark days of 1981-1988/1996-2002:x

What are you talking about you muppet.

 

[Jason Maher]

Kiwi bandwagon wankers.
Dave Smith is a jinx on RL and it looks like we are going backwards not forwards like the dark days of 1981-1988/1996-2002:x

Inspector Clouseau would have more of a clue than you.

 

[Brutus]

Imagine the cowboys v tigers at leichhardt today.

15k minimum.

To play the first 5 games of the round in Sydney was ridiculous.

In fact 7 sydney teams had home games this weekend. Weird. It was Parra's home game in Mudgee.

 

[user_nat]

Why does Mudgee have a ground that can hold its entire population anyhow?

 

[Jason Maher]

Probably modifications just for this match. They would have drawn fans from all over the central west, not just Mudgee itself.

 

[hutch]

Kiwi bandwagon wankers.
Dave Smith is a jinx on RL and it looks like we are going backwards not forwards like the dark days of 1981-1988/1996-2002:x

Are you just trolling on purpose or taking the piss? On a number of threads you have talked about how bad the crowds are, yet they are on track to be the biggest in the sports history.

Anyway, imagine today's crowd if the game was at leichhardt. 17-18k without a worry in the world!

 

[Perth Red]

Not sure the answer, TV is paying a lot of money so only fair they get to decide which games they show but obviously for fans certain times suit different clubs better. Really don't think there is an easy answer.

 

[undertaker]

Why does Mudgee have a ground that can hold its entire population anyhow?

good question

 

[Perth Red]

good question

Temp seating and grass hills. Glastonbury is just a field but can hold 100'000!

 

[Cumberland Throw]

If you had to schedule a full round of nrl to achieve less than 90k,

You would struggle to do it


Nrl / ch 9 did it no problems

 

[RedVee]

9,132 the official attendance at Mudgee. Nearly the same as the number of residents in Mudgee (9,830 according to the 2011 census).

Excellent crowd when you consider that a game played in an area which looks like Cessnock nearly drew as many fans as a match in a city of over one million (Auckland)

Pretty good 'per capita' :sarcasm:
And I think the area looks like.... Mudgee.

Why does Mudgee have a ground that can hold its entire population anyhow?

New ground last year, one supposes that it was built with the possibility of City Country and premiership games in mind. Don't forget that if the surrounding area is included it would (guess) double the population against just the town, and that the area gets a little bit of tourism at times.

 

[Chook Norris]

Kiwi bandwagon wankers.
Dave Smith is a jinx on RL and it looks like we are going backwards not forwards like the dark days of 1981-1988/1996-2002:x

Lol, idiot.

You sound exactly like the wankers that infest the Telecrap's reader comments

 

[dogz08]

Bulldogs v Dragons 20k
Rabbitohs v Knights 20k
Titans v Cowboys 15k
Broncos v Warriors 28k

Could have 4 good crowds next week

 

[WaznTheGreat]

I don't think 20k for the Doggies/Dragons game would be good based on the past 3 years those 2 teams have played at the bigger stadiums

29,641(ANZ)
31,122(SCG)
34,322(ANZ)
37,773(ANZ)

 

[Teddyboy]

What are you talking about you muppet.

1981-1988 crowds were bad and 1996-2002 were the aftermath of SL war then 2003 to a say 2010/11 ? the game seem to get back on track in my eyes.

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

good question

Its pretty simple. The grandstand has 1,000 seats - the other 9,000 stand on the hill.

Any towns oval can hold 10,000 - fits in the area.

 

[hutch]

Ridiculous that teams will still have to play this week without their origin players, origin really needs to be stand alone.

On a positive, it looks as if they have scheduled big games this week to stop the annual drop of crowds in the bye weeks around origin time. We usually have a lull around this time.
Not sure about having games at anz on Friday, Saturday and then Wednesday though.

 

[undertaker]

Ridiculous that teams will still have to play this week without their origin players, origin really needs to be stand alone.

On a positive, it looks as if they have scheduled big games this week to stop the annual drop of crowds in the bye weeks around origin time. We usually have a lull around this time.
Not sure about having games at anz on Friday, Saturday and then Wednesday though.

Cue the decreased crowds over the upcoming Origin period, followed by the "Origins should be on stand-alone weekends" comments. This always happens every year

It ain't going to happen. Been there, done that in 2001. Also, the NRL don't want to give other sporting codes a free kick at them